A grand jury has heard testimony related to the case of a West Stewartstown girl whose body was pulled from a river a week after she disappeared from her home over the summer.

It has been six months since 11-year-old Celina Cass disappeared from her home. No suspects have been named and no arrests made.

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Grand juries are secret proceedings, described by prosecutors as tools that can be used when witnesses are uncooperative with police.

Associate Attorney General Jane Young said she could not confirm whether a grand jury met last week, but she said the investigation is as active now as it was the day Celina disappeared.

Young said police continue to investigate the case seven days a week, and she said she had spoken with investigators two or three times about the case just on Wednesday.

Former Senior Assistant Attorney General Kirsten Wilson couldn't speak to the specifics of this case, but she told News 9 how grand juries work.

"Usually, if investigators are to the point that they are putting the time, effort and expense into convening a grand jury, they've come pretty far making some determination in where they think the case is going," Wilson said.

Wilson said that in an investigative grand jury, a witness is brought in and delivers sworn testimony recorded by a stenographer.

Eunice Richards is the mother of Wendell Noyes, Celina's stepfather. Richards confirmed that she was called to testify before an investigative grand jury in Lancaster last week. She said the focus of the questions seemed to be on Noyes.

She said Noye's half-sister was also called to testify, along with his half-brother and his half-brother's wife. Richards said they were all kept in separate rooms during the proceedings, and she was questioned for three and a half hours.

Richards told News 9 in September that she, her son and his family were staying at the Cass house the night Celina disappeared.

Richard said she sees her son once or twice a week.

Wilson said that unlike in trials, jurors can ask witnesses questions. Richards said a juror did ask her a question, but she can't remember what it was.